Social Capital Research Literature : Analysis of Keyword Content Structure and the Comparative Contribution of Author Names'

Abstract

In previously published work on the analysis ofsociological AIDS research literature from 1980 to 1990, based on entries in Sociological Abstracts, I have shown that the evolution of research themes, of authors, and of journals in this domain are quite distinct from each other. Indeed, they each form a separate set of longitudinal network data generated by the same data base . Here, I perform a similar cognitive mapping analysis using all entries in Sociological Abstracts containing the keyword social capital and find an overall structure of themes but little coherence and few clear divisions. These results are confirmed by a more traditional crosstabulation of key words, author names and scientific journal titles. I describe the three largest thematic groups -education, economy and family, respectively -but not the largest -social -thematic group which is vast and lacks coherence .

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